{"id":9770,"date":"2019-05-08T16:10:49","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T16:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alinpopescu.eu\/blog\/?p=9770"},"modified":"2019-05-08T16:13:11","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T16:13:11","slug":"no-day-passes-without-me-thinking-about-the-sony-400mm-f-2-8-gm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alinpopescu.eu\/blog\/no-day-passes-without-me-thinking-about-the-sony-400mm-f-2-8-gm\/","title":{"rendered":"No day passes without me thinking about the Sony 400mm f\/2.8 GM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How can I not remember and dream more about this day?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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It was last summer when Sony invited me to the launch of the new Sony 400mm f\/2.8 GM<\/strong>(onster).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even if it’s a badass looking and performing lens, it weights just 2.9 kilos and it’s an amazing tool to also use it handheld. And there are so many that are doing so (oh, I so envy you Alex Phan<\/a> and other birders using this amazing lens).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since testing it back in London my mind set a new Top 1 wish: to own it, one day \ud83d\ude42<\/strong>. I’ve even found a solution, as one friend suggested seeing me selling my stuff before moving away from Romania (to Sweden).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bike is sold, car is sold, now I just need to sell my soul to the Devil and cross my wife word who is against buying it (of course). I know I won’t be able to put this lens to work that much so it can pay by itself (as I use to do with all my gear), but I still want it :), but can you blame me<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, how was it testing the Sony 400mm f\/2.8 GM?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I wish I had more time with it, first of all. We’ve been invited by Sony to their EU HQ in London and we’ve attended a small presentation of the lens. I don’t remember anyone paying too much attention on the screen, all eyes were on the lens \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There were also a “naked” version of the Sony 400mm f\/2.8 GM, so we can see how they’ve managed to get such a lightweight 400 – magnesium alloy chassis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

To prove it’s lightweight they gave some of us to hold an equivalent setup from Canon (the 1Dx MII plus the 400mm 2.8), and then they’ve handled the Sony A9 plus the new Sony 400mm f\/2.8 GM. The reactions where priceless!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember how it feels to lift a bag you would expect to be heavy and instead it weights nothing? It happened to me, too. Look at everyone’s faces \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n